Estate Sale Roundup: February 21-23

This town has something for everyone this week.

"...seductive, with costume jewelry, great porcelain and crystal, and comic books! There are also lots of tools for gardeners..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Wages of Agreement Is Death (for Film Fight)

"...Lucky for you, Hancock isn’t actually based on a comic book or we’d both be out of a job...."

July 10, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Fantastic Fest Review: My Friend Dahmer

Portrait of the serial killer as a young man

"...Not all comics are about superheroes. Not all comics are fictional. Not..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Two Candidates in Search of a Presidency

And an electorate looking for comic book superheroes

"...the West Point graduate doing everything right by the book, while Trump is Swamp Fox and Col. John Mosby..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Column by Louis Black

sxswm: Wednesday Rewind

Daniel Johnston at 'The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology' party

"...Antone’s was similar to his foreword for the actual book. We were optimistic at the potential but never quite..."

March 16, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Page Two: Oh, Death

Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection

"...a very special present. America's Greatest #5, an omnibus comic from Fawcett that featured the comic book company's biggest..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...cinematic, literary, video games, or, more to the point, comic books, Jason Henderson is a bona fide hat trick,..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

Gratitude and goodbye to Will Eisner, whose comic 'The Spirit' is the epitome of great American art

"...from Nov. 2, 1941, above the headline "Pioneer of Comics Is Dead."..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Hey Kids! Free Comics!

The folks who make and sell comic books are hoping that a promotional giveaway of 2 million comics after the release of the Spider-Man movie will rescue their ailing industry.

"...Goblin. The next day, he'll try to rescue the comic book industry from the threat of the Incredible Shrinking..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Me, Ange, and the Interlocking Shadows of Trees

Why do I love Naruto? Because I love my daughter.

"...My daughter hands me a comic book. That's how it starts...."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bullish On Comics

Guillermo del Toro gets serious about the funny papers.

"...passion for film, it may be his passion for comics. The director is a lifelong fan, dating back to..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

A Sort of Legend

Author Neil Gaiman is a fantastist and storyteller. Marc Savlov talks to the author and reveals why he's also a legend. Sort of.

"...or so years penning one of the most successful comic book series of all time, The Sandman, for DC..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Back From the Dead

Stephen Romano cheats the grim reaper to launch Eibon Press

"...Cotton fame, have just unveiled Eibon Press, an online-only comic imprint dedicated to bringing the horror films of Italian..."

July 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Kid Eternity

A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey

"...silent film starring Elmo Lincoln, as well as a comic book collection including every one published between 1942 and..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Film Vault

With Hellboy II, Guillermo del Toro makes the leap from mere great director to cinematic superhero

"...Hellboy II: The Golden Army opens. Having been a comic-book collector and fan since I was very young, as..."

July 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Mama Drama

The comedy in 21st century babymaking

"...complete with inside jokes about best friends, bears, and comic books...."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Incredible Hulk

Finally, the Hulk is truly incredible. As of right now, it's Marvel's universe; we just live in it.

"...a stylistically and narratively daring reimagining of what a comic-book movie could be (an example that tanked disastrously at..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe Lansdale

The Hardest Working Unknown Author?

"...short stories, screenplays, anthologies, and -- more recently -- comic books since he co-wrote, with his mother, a non-fiction..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Work and Splendor

R.I.P., Harvey Pekar

"...of American Splendor – a film based on the comics of Harvey Pekar and the lives of Pekar; his..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Tales of the Pioneers

Hanging with Roller Derby queens and pulp fiction masters

"...Last week's column described how, after becoming interested in comic books, in 1974 I first met Otto O. Binder,..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Got Their Mojo Workin'

Mojo Press Gets Weird

"...Weird Business. We started talking about doing this massive book, but it turned out to be a lot more..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Uncle Staple and Austin’s 13th Annual Independent Media Expo

The weekend of fannish revelry and indie-comics celebration returns

"...of fan-mobbed revelry and DIY merch and so much indie-comics-and-related-subcultural-goodness at Austin’s Millennium Youth Center...."

Sept. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nerd Ascending

Simon Pegg's star trajectory

"...does, between being a trenchant memoir on the sometimes comic (and often not) vicissitudes of growing up in the..."

June 10, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chasing Amy

"...Obviously, he does. Affleck plays Holden McNeil, a young comic book artist who produces the award-winning Bluntman & Chronic..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who … Is … Couri Vine?

Comic-book creators Leah Lovise & Vanessa Shealy know – and are telling

"...a made-for-young-readers sci-fi adventure series that’s brimming with colorful comic-book moxie and futuristic thrills...."

July 27, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

More Than a Femme Fatale

Ruth Negga on killing it in AMC's Preacher

"...Following the wave of the comic book adaptation film/TV show craze, Ruth Negga has brought..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Drawn and Quarterly? Fantagraphics? A Few Recent Releases?

Yes: Our new comics-reviewing team gives 'em a look-see

"...Lot of amazing comic books and graphic novels and compilations of sequential art..."

May 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Funny Papers

More than ever, the Chronicle is what people make of it

"...Hanging out with comic-book writers and artists really drove this point home. Most..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

During the 1950s, comics came under societal and governmental scrutiny. David Hajdu examines this troubled time.

"...The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed Americaby David Hajdu Farrar,..."

March 21, 2008 Books Review by Rick Klaw

News/Print

Friday, Feb. 3, 8pm

"...CBLDF and Austin Books Join Forces for Fundraiser You might not have heard..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Books Column by Marc Savlov

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